# Class of '74

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1974 Australian TV soap opera

Class of '74 Developed by Reg Grundy Organisation Starring Leonard Teale John Hamblin Gordon Glenwright Opening theme Brian Cadd Country of origin Australia No. of episodes 290 x 30 minute episodes Production Running time 30 minutes (with adverts) Original release Network Seven Network Release 18 March 1974 (1974-03-18) – 1975 (1975)

***Class of '74*** (and subsequently ***Class of '75***) is a soap opera that screened on the [Seven Network](/source/Seven_Network) in [Australia](/source/Australia) and produced by [Reg Grundy Organisation](/source/Reg_Grundy_Organisation), with [Peter Maxwell](/source/Peter_Maxwell_(director)) as EP and sometime director, the series was created by John Edwards, a former employee of [Crawford Productions](/source/Crawford_Productions) and devised by [Alan Coleman](/source/Alan_Coleman) and broadcast in [black-and-white](/source/Black-and-white) starting March 1974.[1] Marist Singers of Eastwood provided back-up singing for the school choir.

The series was set at a fictional [secondary school](/source/Secondary_school) called a *Waratah High School* with its characters being a mix of teachers, staff and students. The series was aimed at a teenage audience. Running for 290 x 30 minutes episodes; five episodes each week were broadcast, stripped across week nights in an early evening 7pm timeslot. The series was renamed *Class of '75* for its second and final year. Although originally produced in black and white, it switched to colour broadcasting during its second year of production.[2]

## Main cast

### Teachers, staff and adults

Actor Character Leonard Teale as Mr. Charles Ogilvy - School Principal John Hamblin Mr. Donald Blair - Deputy Principal Gordon Glenwright Hubbard (janitor) Jeanie Drynan Mary Dunstan Vince Martin Gary Evans / Jack Christiansen Jan Kingsbury Maureen Blair Chuck Danskin Glen Turner Allan Lander Father Paul Kennedy Carol Vincent-Smythe Barbara Young Phillip Ross David Willard Judy Ferris Ruth Howard Edward Howell James Findlay

### Students

Actor Character John Diedrich Barry Collins Anne Louise Lambert Peggy Richardson Megan Williams Ann Watson Joanne Samuel Sue Taylor Carla Hoogeveen Julie Armstrong Kevin Wilson John Ward Chris Cummings Greg Simpson Barbara Llewellyn Nora Hayes Adrian Bernotti Tony Bianco Terry Peck Sharon Higgins Jackie Howard Greg Bepper Dean Howard

### Miscellaneous

Actor Character Anne Charleston Faith Adam Abigail Angelique Dupree Peta Toppano Gina Ferrari Briony Behets Jorja Jones Peter Bensley Dennis Braithwaite Angela Punch-McGregor Jane Potter Marty Rhone Tom Carter Peter Flett Rick Harris Bronwyn Winter Loretta Day Patrick Ward Sam Wandsworth

Cast members Teale, Hamblin and Glenwright continued the program's entire run.

## See also

- [List of Australian television series](/source/List_of_Australian_television_series)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Super_Aussie_soaps_1-0)** Mercado, Andrew (2004). *Super Aussie soaps: behind the scenes of Australia's best loved TV shows*. Pluto Press. p. 75. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-86403-191-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-86403-191-1).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-moran_2-0)** Albert Moran, *Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series*, AFTRS 1993 p 117-118

## External links

- [Aussie Soap Archive: Class of '74](https://web.archive.org/web/20200419081833/http://members.ozemail.com.au/~fangora/class.html) — Overview and review; Archived 19 April 2020

- [*Class of '74*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0149430/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Class of 74 at the National Film and Sound Archive](http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A138212;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10)

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